最初的描述(命名) :
- Günther, Albert C. L. G. 1889. "On some fishes from Kilima-Njaro District". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1889:70-72 (crc00706)
模式物種: Oreochromis hunteri Günther, 1889 (monotypy).
同種異名:
- Alcolapia Thys van den Audenaerde, 1968. 鑑定者: Ford, Antonia G.P, 2019
已描述(命名)的物種包括 (80):
有效: 37 亞種: 13 同義字: 30- Labrus niloticus Linnaeus, 1758 (有效)
- Chromis (Tilapia) mossambicus Peters, 1852 (有效)
- Chromys andersonii Castelnau, 1861 (有效)
- Chromys chapmanii Castelnau, 1861 (同義字)
- Chromys sparmanni Castelnau, 1861 (同義字)
- Chromis aureus Steindachner, 1864 (有效)
- Chromis dumerilii Steindachner, 1864 (同義字)
- Chromis guentheri Steindachner, 1864 (同義字)
- Chromis squamipinnis Günther, 1864 (有效)
- Hemichromis schwebischi Sauvage, 1884 (有效)
- Oreochromis hunteri Günther, 1889 (有效)
- Chromis vorax Pfeffer, 1893 (同義字)
- Chromis spilurus Günther, 1894 (有效)
- Chromis tanganicae Günther, 1894 (有效)
- Oreochromis niger Günther, 1894 (亞種)
- Chromis natalensis Weber, 1897 (同義字)
- Oreochromis shiranus Boulenger, 1897 (有效)
- Tilapia flavomarginata Boulenger, 1899 (同義字)
- Tilapia lepidura Boulenger, 1899 (有效)
- Petrochromis andersonii Boulenger, 1901 (同義字)
- Tilapia nilotica rukwaensis Hilgendorf & Pappenheim, 1903 (有效)
- Tilapia alcalica Hilgendorf, 1905 (有效)
- Tilapia amphimelas Hilgendorf, 1905 (有效)
- Tilapia manyarae Hilgendorf, 1905 (同義字)
- Tilapia variabilis Boulenger, 1906 (有效)
- Tilapia nyirica Lönnberg, 1911 (同義字)
- Tilapia grahami Boulenger, 1912 (有效)
- Tilapia eduardiana Boulenger, 1912 (亞種)
- Tilapia kafuensis Boulenger, 1912 (同義字)
- Tilapia macrochir Boulenger, 1912 (有效)
- Tilapia percivali Boulenger, 1912 (亞種)
- Tilapia adolfi Steindachner, 1915 (同義字)
- Tilapia nilotica var. athiensis Boulenger, 1916 (同義字)
- Paratilapia arnoldi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 (同義字)
- Tilapia arnoldi Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 (同義字)
- Tilapia intermedia Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 (同義字)
- Tilapia sheshekensis Gilchrist & Thompson, 1917 (同義字)
- Tilapia urolepis Norman, 1922 (有效)
- Tilapia browni Nichols, 1923 (同義字)
- Tilapia cancellata Nichols, 1923 (亞種)
- Tilapia calciati Gianferrari, 1924 (同義字)
- Tilapia chungruruensis Ahl, 1924 (有效)
- Tilapia esculenta Graham, 1928 (有效)
- Tilapia alleni Fowler, 1931 (同義字)
- Haplochromis fasciatus Borodin, 1931 (同義字)
- Tilapia regani Poll, 1932 (同義字)
- Tilapia inducta Trewavas, 1933 (同義字)
- Tilapia leucosticta Trewavas, 1933 (有效)
- Tilapia vulcani Trewavas, 1933 (亞種)
- Tilapia trewavasae Poll, 1939 (同義字)
- Tilapia karongae Trewavas, 1941 (有效)
- Tilapia lidole Trewavas, 1941 (有效)
- Tilapia placida Trewavas, 1941 (有效)
- Oreochromis danconai Di Caporiacco, 1948 (同義字)
- Tilapia karomo Poll, 1948 (有效)
- Tilapia salinicola Poll, 1948 (有效)
- Tilapia crassispina Arambourg, 1948 (同義字)
- Tilapia nilotica exul Steinitz, 1951 (同義字)
- Tilapia saka Lowe, 1953 (同義字)
- Tilapia monodi Daget, 1954 (同義字)
- Tilapia girigan Lowe, 1955 (亞種)
- Tilapia jipe Lowe, 1955 (有效)
- Tilapia pangani Lowe, 1955 (有效)
- Tilapia mossambica korogwe Lowe, 1955 (有效)
- Tilapia lemassoni Blache & Miton, 1960 (同義字)
- Tilapia nilotica upembae Thys van den Audenaerde, 1964 (有效)
- Tilapia hornorum Trewavas, 1966 (亞種)
- Tilapia mortimeri Trewavas, 1966 (有效)
- Tilapia ruvumae Trewavas, 1966 (亞種)
- Tilapia shirana chilwae Trewavas, 1966 (亞種)
- Sarotherodon angolensis Trewavas, 1973 (有效)
- Oreochromis (Nyasalapia) malagarasi Trewavas, 1983 (有效)
- Oreochromis macrochir mweruensis Trewavas, 1983 (有效)
- Oreochromis niloticus baringoensis Trewavas, 1983 (亞種)
- Oreochromis niloticus filoa Trewavas, 1983 (亞種)
- Oreochromis niloticus sugutae Trewavas, 1983 (亞種)
- Oreochromis niloticus tana Seyoum & Kornfield, 1992 (亞種)
- Oreochromis ismailiaensis Mekkawy, 1995 (有效)
- Oreochromis (Alcolapia) latilabris Seegers & Tichy, 1999 (有效)
- Oreochromis (Alcolapia) ndalalani Seegers & Tichy, 1999 (有效)
潛在的未定種 (1):
- sp. 'golden chambo' (未描述)